The Artisans

Kreo Arte, a Macomer brand from Nuoro, Sardinia, creating wall art, high design lamps, and mirrors, is the brainchild of designer Francesca Fiori and her experience in the world of graphic design and communication. The star of all Kreo Arte products is the material, defining new shapes and chiaroscuro with every product. The subjects, colors, and fabrics are inspired by the Sardinian tradition, presented in a new language that brings the island’s iconography to life.

Harnessing years of experience in creating skis using the traditional sandwich technique, Zero was established in 2011. A new concept of skis developed in a workshop in the heart of the Alps, Zero combines technology and style in unique objects with stand-out designs crafted with unique materials. A fully personalized and customizable product in both design and structure, made in quality materials to stand the test of time.

Founded in Meda, Brianza in 2012, the artisanal workshop Impagliando Design is heir to a centennial family chair-making tradition. A hotbed of ideas, projects, and products made using historic weaving techniques, the company produces chairs, armchairs, sofas, stools, room dividers, chaise lounges, all masterfully woven pieces that become the absolute centerpiece in an all-new way of experiencing home living.

A designer with Venetian roots, Monica Madotto combines her passion for art and design with a background in business and marketing. Having worked with important luxury companies worldwide, she has also collaborated on projects for hotels, public spaces, and luxury homes in the USA and Latin America. In 2016, she founded her own line and collaborates with hotel chains as a design curator. All of her products are one of a kind and are testimony to the best of Italian artisanal tradition.

Since 1985, UNO Contract has been an international reference point for interior design for luxury hotels, residences, and cruise ships. All their designs are made in Italy, near Venice, where mastery, artisanry, and design reach the highest levels of excellence. The company, now led by the second generation alongside management experts, combines tradition and innovation to respond to the needs of an international clientele.

A young and dynamic company based in Puglia, Dimarmo is where designers and skilled artisans come together to harness stone working traditions. Using an innovative lightened marble technique under the artistic direction of Studio Sid&Sign, Dimarmo offers a collection of seats, tables, and accessories with a strong and original personality. All pieces in the collection are one of a kind and made by hand, characterized by geometric and monolithic shapes that showcase the precious stone’s veins.

A sculptor and designer, Andrea Serra was born in Lecce in 1981 and was immediately surrounded by art thanks to his grandfather, a sculptor and painter, and his mother, an art teacher. At the age of 14, he came in contact with Lecce’s famed limestone, forming an unbreakable bond with the material and using it for all of his works. His Creazioni Serra pieces are characterized by soft, natural silhouettes and innovative design, kissed by the Salento sun in an open-roof workshop.

Since the 1950s, Danese Milano has been a reference point for the Italian furnishing and design sectors. The company has been led by Carlotta de Bevilacqua since 1999, with art direction first by Ron Gilad and later by Giulio Iacchetti Danese. The company’s heritage, with work from Bruno Munari, Enzo Mari, Angelo Mangiarotti and Achille Castiglioni, continues today as the company continues to work with internationally renowned designers, artists and architects.

An economist with a life-long passion for art and design, Giulia Ligresti presented her LOVE collection at the 2018 Salone del Mobile in collaboration with the Silvia Porro Architects Studio: elegant chairs made by hand in gold-plated iron and precious velvets. Ligresti followed up with a larger collection of chairs, consoles, love seats, tables and sculptures in iron, copper, bronze, aluminum, all inspired by love. In 2020, Ligresti held her first personal exhibit at the Glauco Cavaciuti Gallery in Milan.

Founded in 1997, Getty Images Gallery is the only gallery with complete access to the Getty Images archive, the largest commercial photography collection in the world with over 80 million images. Getty Images Gallery offers exclusive access to the entire collection of Slim Aarons, whose negatives and transparencies are conserved at the Hulton Archive in London. The team of curators works incessantly to digitalize and retouch the legendary images to the highest quality using the best printing techniques.

Specialized in natural stones and marbles, Ballarini was established in 1979, but the Crystal Stone® cave in Montebello has been with the Ballarini family since 1800. In 1965, the family began extracting Crystal Stone® alabaster for decorative purposes. Until this day, the entire process, from the excavation to the final finish is performed under the Ballarini family alongside their artisans. Every piece of furnishing is made entirely by hand in Italy using artisanal techniques.

CuoreCarpenito is a ceramic studio based in Reggio Emilia founded in 2012 by Claudia Carpenito, a trained art restorer with twenty years of experience. Her knowledge of both ancient and modern art, combined with an exploration of shapes, traditional techniques, and materials, give life to collections inspired by the Mediterranean landscape with an irresistible pop twist. CuoreCarpenito was selected for the 2020 Ceramic Art London exhibition.

In 1904, a family of carpenters started a small workshop. Later in the 1950s, the know-how allowed them to become a full-fledged member of the furniture sector. Today, Fratelli Dutto is led by the fourth generation, creating both furnishings and accessories. While innovating and creating new fields within the sector, Fratelli Dutto still respects their identity and the artistic tension of creation while transforming and restoring their most precious material: wood.

Pet Therapy is a new design brand by Atelier Biagetti, home to giant, docile, lunar cats that become sculptural lamps and seats shaded by soft palm trees with crazy coconuts that double as lights. Each object is a functional sculpture conceived to activate the idea of a home without boundaries, where interior blurs into exterior and playfulness is a serious business that we just can’t do without.

From a small bottega producing artistic furnishings, Annibale Colombo, founded in 1812 by Filippo Colombo, is now an international reference point for quality woodworking. Going by its current name since 1990, the company has skillfully combined industrial structures and avant-garde techniques with artisanal tradition. Based in Novedrate outside of Como, the brand’s main focus remains woodworking, with both classic and contemporary styles in over sixty types of wood, inlaying and carving techniques.

Founded by potter Filippo Vento and entrepreneur Francesco Alparone, Verus encapsulates the historic ceramic patrimony of Caltagirone with innovative ideas on lustrous accents and juxtapositions of matte and glossy. The Virus team toys with details and eclectic styles, blending elements in a never-before-seen elegance, concentrating on the use of special glazes and both mono and two-toned themes. Verus is particularly renowned for its Moor’s head sculptures, popular in Italy and around the world.

Established in 2009, True can trace its roots back to TMA Treviso, Monselice, Asiago: a family company created in 1983 and specialized in office furniture. Alessandro, Lorenzo, and Francesco Maniero, the second generation, are the faces behind True, led by the internationally renowned architect Aldo Parisotto, acting as art director since 2014. Collaborating with important designers and creative talents, True furnishings, and accessories, all made in Italy, bring together design and function.

Established in 1982, Friuli-based FerroLuce Handmade Light is specialized in handmade ceramic lamps and lighting accessories. With an all-Italian production process, every product offers harmonious shapes and fresh colorways. Ferroluce prides itself on its attention to materials and production, as well as their ability to offer personalizations, be it shape, size decoration, and color, for every product to satisfy the most specific tastes.

Florence-born Filippo Carandini is an interior designer, based in Milan, specialized in the overall visual concept of residential and commercial projects. In 2021 he launched a furniture collection, which represents a natural evolution of his professional experiences and passion, entirely produced in Italy in collaboration with local artisans. Essential volumes, vibrant colors and tactile materials are the key elements of the pieces which are designed to interact with the surroundings creating a charming asymmetric accent.

Based in Cava De’ Tirreni outside of Salerno, Arcea Ceramiche has been reinterpreting Vietri-style ceramics since 1976. Respecting traditional techniques but with total creative freedom, Arcea’s master potters express their ideas on both tile and a wide variety of decorative accessories. The heart of the company lies in its workshop for research and experimentation, where past and present, culture and tradition all come together to create the future.